The Malawi Integrated In-Service Teacher Education Project: An Analysis of the Curriculum and Its Delivery in the Colleges (CIE, 2000, 75 p.)

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Multi-Site Teacher Education Research Project (MUSTER)

List of Abbreviations

Abstract

Chapter 1: Issues and Context

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Some international issues around teacher education

1.3 Analytical approaches used in this report

1.4 Overview of the programme

1.5 Data collection methods

1.6 Context of the Study

Chapter 2: The Curriculum Strategy

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Aims, general objectives, and underlying philosophy of MIITEP

2.3 Content

2.4 Pedagogy

2.5 Assessment

2.6 Teaching and Learning materials

2.7 Teaching Practice

2.8 The curriculum strategy and its coherence

Chapter 3: The Teacher Education Classroom

3.1 Introduction

3.2 English

3.3 Maths

3.4 Science

3.5 Foundation Studies

3.6 Discussion Points

Chapter 4: Evaluations and Conclusions

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Tutors’ views

4.3 Students’ views

4.4 Rest of the course

4.5 The college blocks in retrospect

4.6 How far has MIITEP succeeded in its curricular aims?

4.7 Discussion of ways forward

4.8 Conclusion

References

List of Appendices

Appendix 1: Interview Schedule for Training College Lecturers

Appendix 2: Schedule of Questions for Focus Group Discussions with Student Teachers during Residential Training

Appendix 3: Shulman’s Categories of the Knowledge Base for Teaching

Appendix 4: A Methodological Note on the Classroom Observations